Clubs and Contests

by lv2share

Jun 19, 2010

I am interested in hearing from anyone who sponsors or coaches students for contests such as Math Olympiad and WordMasters Challenge for gifted or high-achieving elementary students. It seems best to consider having an after-school "Challenge Club" or something to prepare students for contests. It's tough to incorporate prep for these kinds of contests into a pull-out gifted class, and I've found some show greater interest than others. Is anyone doing before or after-school clubs for contest prep? (I know some do A+ UIL but there are few "tests" that go below 4th grade so I've kind of eliminated that one as a possibility)

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lv2share Thanks, Kevin. Congrats on your success. Using lunch time for prep is a great idea. I'm thinking I will do a.m. practices before school. Did you have to set a limit on the number of students, or was the interest in participation just right? I'm not sure how many of our students will want to participate.

Jun 24, 2010

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el ed No clubs. My IG students(2-8) and I mostly kept a low profile in that respect, very non-elitist. They won lots of competitions and contests(county, regional, state and a couple of national wins. One national winner for poetry was the very successful quarterback on the school's football team.) and they got lots of publicity, but when there were pict...See More

Jun 24, 2010

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lv2share Thanks, el ed! I agree with your idea of staying camera-shy! After talking to my principal, I think we will try before-school prep so that non-G/T students may also participate. This helps with elitism also. :)

Jun 24, 2010

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kevin On 6/24/10, lv2share wrote: > Thanks, Kevin. Congrats on your success. Using lunch time for > prep is a great idea. I'm thinking I will do a.m. practices before > school. Did you have to set a limit on the number of students, or > was the interest in participation just right? I'm not sure how > many of our students will want to parti...See More

Jun 28, 2010

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oxgarv I'm thinking of starting an after school Scrabble club. Just wondering if anyone else does this. If so, any advice is appreciated. Have you gone to the national competition?

On 6/28/10, kevin wrote: > On 6/24/10, lv2share wrote: >> Thanks, Kevin. Congrats on your success. Using lunch time for >> prep is a great idea. I'm th...See More

Jun 29, 2010

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